Pregnant mums may lower the risk of their baby having allergies by eating a diet rich in vegetables and fruit, Japanese scientists have found.Green and yellow vegetables, citrus fruit and vegetables and fruit high in beta-carotene (generally those

Iron is essential for making the haemoglobin that carries oxygen in red blood cells to all parts of the body. During pregnancy your body needs to increase its blood supply by 50%, so you need plenty of iron to make all the extra haemoglobin for new

body needs plenty of iron during pregnancy. If you consume a lot of caffeine it’s probably best to err on the side of caution and try to cut back. Happily many women naturally go off coffee during pregnancy, making the job a whole lot easier.Where you

Vitamin B12 is the B vitamin that works alongside folic acid. It’s essential for the formation of nerves and for making red blood cells and is found primarily in meat, fish, yeast based products and dairy foods. We’ve come up with four easy ways

An artist and taxidemist has revealed a penchant for roadkill dinners since becoming pregnant. The 42-year-old mum-to-be explained that she has cooked with roadkill animals before, but her pregnancy has made her crave the gamey taste more than ever

the development of nerve cells in the brain, which may show itself by causing babies to be restless and irritable.Dairy, eggs, red meat and chicken are all high in vitamin B12. Shellfish and liver are also good sources but are not recommended in pregnancy. Doctors

I remember once when I had an antenatal check-up with my doctor and it was my birthday. Leaving work early, I remembered, to my horror, that I had allowed myself a birthday glass of red wine at lunchtime. Could the doctor detect this? Would I

For some people giving up alcohol during pregnancy is as easy done as said, not least because some mums-to-be find they go off alcohol completely. Others of us might have to try a little harder though, particularly when we're used to alcohol being

too late to start eating nutritious well-balanced meals.During the third trimester your nutritional needs are different to the first six months of your pregnancy.Should I eat differently in the third trimester?When you’re pregnant your body uses

' dangerous, and if so, what can you do about them?Additives to avoidThe first thing to say is that there's no need to fly into a mad panic about food additives in pregnancy, most women don't change their diet that much during pregnancy and most have perfectly